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First Snow
12 September 2026
First Snow
12 September 2026

Short story by Karan Madhok: “Now, Lady, Miss: Please take the flowers and lean into your husband, like this, as if you are falling into him. Just a little. That’s why in English they say, ‘falling’ in love, no? Bas, gir jao unpar!”

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12 September 2026
Name Game
9 September 2026
Name Game
9 September 2026

What’s in a name? India has a long history of rebranding cities, streets, and buildings to reflect the political influence of the time. Instead of this empty tokenism, Vipin Labroo argues for the country to shift priorities towards its more pressing concerns.

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9 September 2026
Parallel Indias
6 September 2026
Parallel Indias
6 September 2026

Photo series by Vijay Kowshik V P: Parallel Indias is about proximity without connection, a study of coexistence without recognition. These are images of adjacency, lives, symbols, and bodies, all occupying the same space, often within the same frame, without ever meeting.

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6 September 2026
Burrow of the Mind: A response to Amit Shankar Saha’s poetry in ETESIAN::BARAHMASI
Creativity, Literature The Chakkar 03/04/25 Creativity, Literature The Chakkar 03/04/25

Burrow of the Mind: A response to Amit Shankar Saha’s poetry in ETESIAN::BARAHMASI

‘Your book felt like the scent of passing months, layered with flowers, rain, spring and autumn—a scent that reached into the city’s deep burrows.’ By Sufia Khatoon

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Contours of a City: Poems and Photos by Sufia Khatoon
Photography, Creativity The Chakkar 23/02/25 Photography, Creativity The Chakkar 23/02/25

Contours of a City: Poems and Photos by Sufia Khatoon

‘I board a bus to Biswabangla, wearing a grey shade, mask, olive hibiscus t-shirt, lemon green hair band, loose crimson brown hair, mild sweat, and the will of forgetting.’ By Sufia Khatoon

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Breath, Life, and Connection – A Photo Essay
Photography, Creativity The Chakkar 18/12/21 Photography, Creativity The Chakkar 18/12/21

Breath, Life, and Connection – A Photo Essay

The pandemic presented fraught challenges to our connections with the rest of humanity, the people and acquaintances in our world. In her personal photo-essay, Sufia Khatoon attempts to forge links with the strangers with whom we share our breaths.

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The Living Storybooks of Kolkata – A Photo Essay
Photography The Chakkar 21/04/21 Photography The Chakkar 21/04/21

The Living Storybooks of Kolkata – A Photo Essay

Photo-essay: In long walks across Kolkata, Sufia Khatoon comes across lives in motion, lives continuously moving forward, each person an immortal story that fuels the city and adds to its history.

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